Examples

The "action" in which Marlowe always becomes embroiled is fun to read, perhaps even keeps us reading, but for me such action adds little to my perception of him as a character, which is also always being reinforced by the way in which he describes this action to us.

Attorney John Moses, standing in for Acerra's lawyer, who was said to be in Texas, railed that the Bristol County District Attorney's Office is becoming "embroiled" in a "political" case in Taunton that bears no relevance to the latest nine-year-old allegations.

In Pakistan, the issue has become embroiled in widespread anti-Americanism and suspicions, fanned by the Pakistani media and used for political advantage, that U.S. spies and intelligence contractors are secretly operating in the country.

September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, a 9/11 group that has backed the administration on civilian trials, said Monday: "Military commissions have been embroiled in a series of legal challenges and we fully expect that this inadequate alternative to our well-tested federal court system will continue to delay our pursuit of justice."